Gillian Gibbons, the teacher I wrote about here in the Teddy Bear named Mohammad debacle in Sudan — has been pardoned after serving 2 weeks in jail for the horrific and unimaginable crime of…wait for it…allowing her students to name a classroom teddy bear after the “great” Islamic prophet, Mohammad.
British Muslim groups spoke out strongly in favor of Gibbons and said the Sudanese government’s actions in the case have created greater misunderstandings about Islam.
“This has certainly given ammunition to those who never miss an opportunity to portray Muslims as intolerant,” Bunglawala [Inayat Bunglawala, spokesman for the Muslim Council of Britain] said.
Sorry…but this woman was imprisoned for allowing some little kids to name their toy “Mohammad” — what part of that isn’t intolerant.
But my perception of Muslims as being “intolerant” is much more reinforced by scenes like the mob of machete-wielding Muslim men demonstrating outside of Gibbon’s jail cell, calling for her death.
If you want to be viewed as tolerant, quit blowing shit up and cutting off peoples’ heads every time you think your prophet has been slighted.
Shit, if Christians went around killing everybody who insulted or mocked Jesus Christ, Hollywood would be deserted and there would only be a handful of Liberals left roaming the country.
As Glenn Reynolds notes, “Don’t want to be thought of as barbarians? Don’t act that way.”
Exactly.
So, the British groups are doing exactly what you’d have them do. Do you expect them to shout “… and convert to Christianity!”?
Left by Preston on December 3rd, 2007 at 4:21 pm